need to convert site

derek2009_

hey all

i made a flash site,

my mate i made it for does not have flash on his computer, and thinks
others will not, is there a way to covert the site to HTML?

CHEERS

biko

From G:
Flashkeeper comes to mind. It'll convert flash to html. http://www.flashkeeper.com/fk/htmlconverter.htm
You'll need to purchase the program. Alternately, for an online conversion, there's http://www.edit.com/structural-change-services/flash-to-html-conversion.html but it's a fee based service.

derek2009_

cheers biko

for the fast reply

was bout to buy it, its a pc application and i am a mac man
any other ways

-d

Eoin

Most people probably do have the flash plugin for their browser, but it's still generally a terrible idea to have a flash website.

The best way to convert it is probably doing it manually.

Edit - I would be dubious that the program linked to above does what it says it does - I don't know what they mean by this:

With FlashKeeper, you can easily publish a flash movie to HTML format:
You can set the HTML Title, backgroud color, properties, dimension, saving path, scale and quality and more.

Are they just allowing more parameters for a flash file to be specified in the HTML?

Liam Byrne

I can't see any converter giving suitable results for a proper website, to be honest.....how would it do the animations and interactions ? Using loads of high-res stills ?

derek2009_

hey sorry i am new to all this web design stuff,
how can i do it manually?

sorry its its a stupid question

-d

Liam Byrne

derek2009_ wrote: »

how can i do it manually?

I presume the best way is to use the graphics to create a HTML / CSS version from scratch.

derek2009_

thats my weekend sorted!

Eoin

And then some, I'd say!

Personally, the only stuff I'd want to see in flash, would be things like videos, or application type things (e.g. flash games). Navigation etc should all use normal (X)HTML. Don't fall into the trap of doing flash navigation just because you can do lots of effects. Remember that CSS + HTML alone can do nice hover effects, and when you add the likes of JQuery into the equation, you can do a lot of nice things but the site will still not be dependent on a plugin.

Maybe have a look at some of the templates on www.oswd.org and see how a CSS designed site is put together.

derek2009_

cheers

really appreciate it